The E-Commerce Blog

StoneEdge, makers of the popular Order Manager software, have their own bailout plan. For a limited time, get 20% off StoneEdge Order Manager when you use the coupon code “BAILOUT.”

Order Manager is a backend order and customer management software that integrates with dozens of popular shopping cart and e-commerce systems. It features inventory management, customer management, order management, pick/pack/shipping and reporting functionality.

We have been using Order Manager for years to manage our e-commerce businesses. It streamlines the order processing and customer service and lets you focus on more important issues with running your business.

TrackThePack has just released a commercial version of their popular website mashup that allows e-commerce store owners (really any website publisher) to add a tracking tool to their website. The service will track packages from UPS, FedEx, DHL and USPS shipping carriers and integrates with Google Maps to give you a visual representation of the package’s route.

TrackThePack is very simple to integrate and just requires a short JavaScript snippet be added to one of your pages with the tracking number inserted. Most people will want to use some kind of form, so I’ve put together a simple script that will let you create links to send to customers in emails, but will also allow a user to copy/paste a tracking number into a form field. I’ve posted some sample PHP code at the end of the post.
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